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I assume you have all played the most famous falling blocks game "Tetris" at some point in your life so there’s no reason to explain the game’s rules...

This article is about Matematico, a logical game I played when I was 11 years old. I never forgot this game and my teacher who was a very clever woman. Now, my daughter Nina is able to play with me and I create this page for her just for fun. And for you, of course. You can play this game with your children, parents, and friends. IMHO this game is better than bingo, and poker.

Create the famous game using only labels, panels and pictures

This is a very simple article that really just demonstrates the various capabilities of the WPF ImageBrush. The basic idea is that the attached demo emulated one of those 9 square puzzles you used to get in XMAS stockings.

The classic word game using words and letter scores alllowed in Scrabble.

This tutorial is intended to explains quickly how to implement Drag and Drop using ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Futures November CTP.

To explain this technology I've created a simple project with a custom Ajax control that implement a Jigsaw Puzzle Game.

The latest version of Microsoft Visual Studio includes a lot of new treats for mobile developers. In addition to new debugging tools and emulators, it includes the Windows Mobile 5 SDK, .NET Compact Framework 3.5, and SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 out of the box, without additional installs. This walkthrough gives you the code and assets for a fully functional Hangman-style game called "W80 Words" (weighty words), which takes advantage of the new platform and coding environment.

How far can XNA take you in game development? Find out what seven experts in the game development industry have to say.

Have you ever worked with the Windows XP Embedded operating system? This is essentially a developer-customized, slimmed-down version of the Windows XP operating system intended for use on PC-like devices—game consoles, information kiosks, network appliances, and the like. With the rapid growth in the use of mobile and embedded devices, this platform is increasingly important.

I've discovered that there is a sort of knowledge gap between software test engineers and developers who work with the Windows XP Embedded-based software systems. To help bridge that gap, in this month's column I'm joined by Mike Hall, a Senior Product Manager in the Microsoft® Mobile and Embedded Devices group and an expert on Windows XP Embedded. Together we will explain how you can create lightweight but powerful UI test automation for software systems that run on Windows XP Embedded...

I am developing a 4X Space Opera game called Star Odyssey, in the tradition of the Master of Orion series. Every game needs a User Interface and mine is no exception. The DirectX SDK provides a sample UI that looks very cool, but it is very difficult to extrapolate from the project and it relies on textured GUI elements. Since I am not very good at drawing GUI elements, it would have taken ages for me to go that way. Instead, I took the ''programmer art'' way: to create controls and other GUI elements in a dynamic way, trying my best to make it look cool at the same time. The result is presented here.